2001 MAAC men's ice hockey tournament

2001 MAAC Men's ice hockey tournament
2001 MAAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 10–17, 2001
Teams	8
Finals site	UConn Ice Arena; Storrs, Connecticut
Champions	Mercyhurst (1st title)
Winning coach	Rick Gotkin (1st title)
MVP	Jeff Gould (Mercyhurst)
	MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2000 2002 →

The 2001 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 3rd championship in the history of the conference. It was played between March 10 and March 17, 2001. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the UConn Ice Arena in Storrs, Connecticut, the home venue of the Connecticut Huskies. By winning the tournament, Mercyhurst received MAAC's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play with each round being single-elimination. The teams that finish below eighth in the standings are ineligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2000–01 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#12 Mercyhurst†*	26	19	6	1	39	110	52	36	22	12	2	140	89
Quinnipiac	26	17	7	2	36	106	67	37	22	11	4	141	106
Iona	26	16	6	4	36	122	84	35	18	13	4	136	121
Canisius	26	13	9	4	30	95	90	33	17	12	4	117	111
Connecticut	26	12	11	3	27	94	86	35	12	19	4	108	123
Sacred Heart	26	11	10	5	27	81	76	31	14	12	5	103	91
Army	26	11	15	0	22	84	101	35	14	20	1	112	132
Fairfield	26	10	14	2	22	82	104	32	11	19	2	101	139
American International	26	10	15	1	21	75	96	31	10	20	1	80	123
Holy Cross	26	8	16	2	18	81	99	32	8	22	2	89	133
Bentley	26	3	21	2	8	67	142	29	4	23	2	72	153
Championship: Mercyhurst † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

^[2] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

Quarterfinals March 10			Semifinals March 15			Championship March 17

1	Mercyhurst	10

8	Fairfield	5
			1	Mercyhurst	4

			4	Canisius	3
4	Canisius	4

5	Connecticut	1
						1	Mercyhurst	6

						2	Quinnipiac	5
2	Quinnipiac	4*

7	Army	3
			2	Quinnipiac	4

			3	Iona	1
3	Iona	3*

6	Sacred Heart	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (8) Fairfield

March 10^[3]	Mercyhurst		10 – 5	Fairfield	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
(Rynshoven) Adam Tackaberry - 04:27 (Goulet) Jody Robinson - 08:08		First period		18:54 - Tim Viens (Desmarais)
(Goulet, Rivers) Eric Ellis - 01:05 (Hiscock) Marty Rychley - 03:47 (Goulet, Ellis) Tom McMonagle - PP - 04:08 (Carter, Olsen) Adam Rivers - GW - 05:26 P.J. Hiscock - SH - 08:06 (Rychley) P.J. Hiscock - 17:43 (Rivers) Mike Carter - 18:06		Second period		10:44 - Blaise Silka (Metz, Gately) 14:06 - James Lubinski (Whelan)
(Lyke, Goulet) Tom McMonagle - 04:58		Third period		04:24 - PP - Casey Laflamme (Cotter) 16:50 - Tim Desmarais
Peter Aubry ( 20 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats		Craig Schnappinger ( 22 saves / 32 shots )

(2) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Army

March 10^[4]	Quinnipiac		4 – 3	OT	Army	Northford Ice Pavilion	Recap
(Poliquin, Erhart) Ryan Olson - 12:38		First period			13:51 - SH - Nathan Mayfield (Finnegan, McLean)
(Poliquin, Cerrella) Ryan Olson - 03:11		Second period			No scoring
(Mansoff, Winkler) Dennis Palaia - 04:59		Third period			14:09 - PP - Mike Fairman (Fisher, Carpenter) 14:34 - PP - Garrett Brougham (Boyle, Serre)
(Poliquin, Olson) Chris Cerrella - GW - 07:44		First overtime period			No scoring
Justin Eddy ( 23 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Hamilton ( 39 saves / 43 shots )

(3) Iona vs. (6) Sacred Heart

March 10^[5]	Iona		3 – 2	OT	Sacred Heart	Sports Plus at New Roc	Recap
(Fisher, Bouchard) Ryan Carter - 12:56		First period			19:14 - Martin Paquet (Fournier, McRae)
No scoring		Second period			11:38 - Les Hrapchak (Drake)
Nathan Lutz - 15:47		Third period			No scoring
(Kellogg, Fisher) Brian Schroeder - GW - 04:03		First overtime period			No scoring
Ben Brady ( 32 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Eddy Ferhi ( 39 saves / 42 shots )

(4) Canisius vs. (5) Connecticut

March 10^[6]	Canisius		4 – 1	Connecticut	Buffalo State Sports Arena	Recap
(Deeves) Rob Martin - 09:53		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Birch) Todd Houston - GW - 05:44 (Martin, Street) Daryl Pierce - 08:54 (Pierce) Paul DiPasquale - EN SH - 19:55		Third period		12:36 - Mike Anderson (Kamienski, Longobardi)
Stephen Fabiilli ( 21 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats		Jason Casey ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Canisius

March 15^[7]	Mercyhurst		4 – 3	Canisius	UConn Ice Arena	Recap
(Robinson, Goulet) Jeff Gould - PP - 10:31		First period		19:36 - PP - Rob Martin (Deeves, Pierce)
(Olsen, Rivers) Mike Carter - 05:59 (Tackaberry, Rynshoven) Jeff Gould - 05:16 (Carter) Brad Olsen - GW - 18:35		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		15:41 - PP - Jeff Street (Deeves, Kenny) 19:27 - EA - Rob Martin (Duggan, Street)
Peter Aubry ( 29 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		Stephen Fabiilli ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

(2) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Iona

March 15^[8]	Quinnipiac		4 – 1	Iona	UConn Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		13:41 - Michael LoCicero (Segal)
(Holtzman, Harris) Bill Class - 02:55		Second period		No scoring
(Herbert, Harris) Shawn Mansoff - GW PP - 01:04 (Cerrella) Ben Blais - 05:58 (Murray, Morton) Terry Harris - 10:32		Third period		No scoring
Justin Eddy ( 20 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats		Ben Brady ( 18 saves / 22 shots )

Championship

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (2) Quinnipiac

March 17^[9]	Mercyhurst		6 – 5	Quinnipiac	UConn Ice Arena	Recap
(Ellis) Louis Goulet - 03:04 (McDonald) Adam Rivers - 08:26 (Robinson, Tackaberry) Jeff Gould - 11:28		First period		00:48 - Brian Herbert (Palaia)
(Tackaberry, Gould) Peter Rynshoven - 15:10		Second period		06:54 - Dennis Palaia (Herbert, Mansoff) 07:02 - Jed Holtzman (Blais)
(Goulet, Brown) Eric Ellis - 11:00 (Ellis, Goulet) Mike Carter - GW - 13:12		Third period		01:37 - PP - Todd Bennett (Holtzman, Breen) 08:33 - Terry Harris (Morton, Blais)
Peter Aubry ( 27 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		Justin Eddy ( 16 saves / 22 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

F Jeff Gould* (Mercyhurst)
F Mike Carter (Mercyhurst)
F
D Jody Robinson (Mercyhurst)
D
G Peter Aubrey (Mercyhurst)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

^ "Mercyhurst Men's Team History". Retrieved June 2, 2013.
^ "MAAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
^ "Mercyhurst 10, Fairfield 5". USCHO.com. March 10, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
^ "Quinnipiac 4, Army 3". USCHO.com. March 10, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
^ "Iona 3, Sacred Heart 2". USCHO.com. March 10, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
^ "Canisius 4, Connecticut 1". USCHO.com. March 10, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
^ "Mercyhurst 4, Canisius 3". USCHO.com. March 15, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
^ "Quinnipiac 4, Iona 1". USCHO.com. March 15, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
^ "Mercyhurst 6, Quinnipiac 5". USCHO.com. March 17, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
^ "Mercyhurst 2004-05 men's ice hockey Guide" (PDF). Mercyhurst Lakers. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2018.

[1] "Mercyhurst Men's Team History". Retrieved June 2, 2013.

[2] "MAAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved May 28, 2013.

[3] "Mercyhurst 10, Fairfield 5". USCHO.com. March 10, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.

[4] "Quinnipiac 4, Army 3". USCHO.com. March 10, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.

[5] "Iona 3, Sacred Heart 2". USCHO.com. March 10, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.

[6] "Canisius 4, Connecticut 1". USCHO.com. March 10, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.

[7] "Mercyhurst 4, Canisius 3". USCHO.com. March 15, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.

[8] "Quinnipiac 4, Iona 1". USCHO.com. March 15, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.

[9] "Mercyhurst 6, Quinnipiac 5". USCHO.com. March 17, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.

[10] "Mercyhurst 2004-05 men's ice hockey Guide" (PDF). Mercyhurst Lakers. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2018.

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